Card Fraud
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Mine wasn't fraud on my card. Is a compromised vendor. I only use reputable vendors. Will report back if my bank will tell me who it was just in case it was a vendor others here use, they will be on the lookout.
I'd be willing to bet someone hacked Steam or Origin again. All i know is that my bank rocks for fixing it before it was an issue.
I'd be willing to bet someone hacked Steam or Origin again. All i know is that my bank rocks for fixing it before it was an issue.
I just had a $200 charge at walmart and a $1 test charge from Australia on my Visa card. This is the 3rd time in the last 12 months or so. I use my visa in very few places. My bank is going to start thinking I am scamming them if this keeps up. I guess I need to look into a prepaid or something more secure for my transactions. Luckily my bank has covered the fraudulent charges.
Update: Per my bank, it was the master database at mastercard that was compromised, and not my card specifically. If you have a MC and your bank has not contacted you, you may want to contact your bank and have them reissue you a new number.
My "compromised" card was a MasterCard, perhaps that's why this happened. Thanks for the info.
No prob. Luckily I was not hit, but if the info can get out for people to take preventative measures, it is the least I can do.
Today (8/13/13) my bank informed me through an automated phone call about unusual activity spotted on my Visa debit card. The only online store I placed an order with this card was over at <removed> on Wed July 17, 2013 for $24.80 for some joyetech eRoll replacement parts (Order #1500).
Charges of different amounts under $100/ea were spotted today coming from all over USA at Walmarts, Clothing stores, Florists, and the locations were Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California. Also in Florida and Arkansas. I would also like to mention that leading up to this, last week or so, I had noticed a single "Pending Transaction" in the amount of $1 from "PAYROLL RENO CAUS" that stuck there for a week then disappeared. Whether or not it's linked to these events, I have no idea. Just giving you any 'n all pertinent information.
I had a $4.95 Balance on my card before these unauthorized transactions took place. Serves them thieves right, trying to steal money from a vaper. WE AINT GOT NONE, FOLKS!
ETA: Great idea for a thread OP. I will complete your googledocs form when I speak to my bank's Claims dept. tomorrow for the specifics.
RHP
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Today (8/13/13) my bank informed me through an automated phone call about unusual activity spotted on my Visa debit card. The only online store I placed an order with this card was over at <removed> on Wed July 17, 2013 for $24.80 for some Joyetech eRoll replacement parts (Order #1500).
Charges of different amounts under $100/ea were spotted today coming from all over USA at Walmarts, Clothing stores, Florists, and the locations were Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, California. Also in Florida and Arkansas. I would also like to mention that leading up to this, last week or so, I had noticed a single "Pending Transaction" in the amount of $1 from "PAYROLL RENO CAUS" that stuck there for a week then disappeared. Whether or not it's linked to these events, I have no idea. Just giving you any 'n all pertinent information.
I had a $4.95 Balance on my card before these unauthorized transactions took place. Serves them thieves right, trying to steal money from a vaper. WE AINT GOT NONE, FOLKS!
ETA: Great idea for a thread OP. I will complete your googledocs form when I speak to my bank's Claims dept. tomorrow for the specifics.
RHP
<removed> is where I thought my card was stolen, too! I was told by someone on Facebook that it was a secure site, though! I found it hard to believe, as I got hit right after ordering from there.
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WilsonMF, it may be helpful if you were to contact the op, Judge Dredd, and let him know who does card processing for your site? There is reason to believe that it is the processors that are not keeping things secure.
Dear WilsonMF,
I'll send you everything I got by Monday and JudgeDredd I'll complete the form shortly. After the bank changed my # and replaced the card, I put the whole thing behind me. I was confident the leak came from your direction because my card was replaced with a different # after I got jacked earlier in the year.
Lemme make this clear to the folks in the audience tonight, I'm not out to slander anybody, it's just that there's so many hours in the day and since ultimately no money was lost, then I didn't give it anymore attention than a Post over ECF. Even my bank doesn't care apparently because the claims dept told me these cases are so frequent it's cheaper to just reissue a new card than to investigate CSI style, ya know.
I'll get on the ball 'n work with ya'll in private so you can get to the bottom of this.
RHP
I'll send you everything I got by Monday and JudgeDredd I'll complete the form shortly. After the bank changed my # and replaced the card, I put the whole thing behind me. I was confident the leak came from your direction because my card was replaced with a different # after I got jacked earlier in the year.
Lemme make this clear to the folks in the audience tonight, I'm not out to slander anybody, it's just that there's so many hours in the day and since ultimately no money was lost, then I didn't give it anymore attention than a Post over ECF. Even my bank doesn't care apparently because the claims dept told me these cases are so frequent it's cheaper to just reissue a new card than to investigate CSI style, ya know.
I'll get on the ball 'n work with ya'll in private so you can get to the bottom of this.
RHP
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Hey all. Sorry for the lack of attention to this thread.
I am going to try and compile some sort of a graph tonight to see if there are any conclusive results. I will repeat, however, that we will not be releasing names of vendors.
Yes^^ please do this.
I am going to try and compile some sort of a graph tonight to see if there are any conclusive results. I will repeat, however, that we will not be releasing names of vendors.
Yes^^ please do this.
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Kudos to Wilson (not naming the company) for entering this forum and being a part of the discussion. None of us really know how our information was stolen and there's no place to logically point a finger. Mine was stolen and I've never done business at Wilson's company. Apparently there's some sort of vehicle for hijacking numbers and PINs without actually knowing where they were used.
My take is that it doesn't matter where you use it. It's more THAT you used it. Any online business can become exposed in this way and we all tend to blame it on the people we did business with. Our data passes through a myriad of connecting points on the way to the bank and back from the vendor.
I think the reason for JudgeDredd asking for vendor names is just as much along the lines of determining which secure processing companies were involved in the transaction as it is in who you did business with. Mine, for instance, was 3 attempts at Sears.com. Lots of you were hacked at Walmart. Others probably were hacked and attempts made at hotels. Maybe there's a common denominator in the data trail.
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One of the methods for stealing data is for a crooked web site to place a worm virus on your computer that looks for credit card numbers as you type. If you haven't scanned thoroughly with multiple virus and malware scanners, it's possible your CC number may have been stolen from inside your computer and sent to a crooked site. Not saying that is the problem in these cases, but not scanning is asking for trouble. Security begins at home.
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My take is that it doesn't matter where you use it. It's more THAT you used it. Any online business can become exposed in this way and we all tend to blame it on the people we did business with. Our data passes through a myriad of connecting points on the way to the bank and back from the vendor.
I think the reason for JudgeDredd asking for vendor names is just as much along the lines of determining which secure processing companies were involved in the transaction as it is in who you did business with. Mine, for instance, was 3 attempts at Sears.com. Lots of you were hacked at Walmart. Others probably were hacked and attempts made at hotels. Maybe there's a common denominator in the data trail.
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One of the methods for stealing data is for a crooked web site to place a worm virus on your computer that looks for credit card numbers as you type. If you haven't scanned thoroughly with multiple virus and malware scanners, it's possible your CC number may have been stolen from inside your computer and sent to a crooked site. Not saying that is the problem in these cases, but not scanning is asking for trouble. Security begins at home.
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Folks, I'd like to ask that you do NOT post the names of ANY vendor in this thread. I realize your intentions are good but there's just too much at stake if it isn't the fault of the vendor itself that you named.
Thanks
Thanks
I'd be willing to bet that very few of these have anything to do with the vendor, but rather card users having a computer virus, hackers stealing info from databases, etc...
I received notification from my bank as well as a new card when they learned that the mastercard database was hacked. How many others here w/ mastercards were notified?
Unfortunately we live in a time where everybody uses electronic means to buy things, and with that, crooks are also doing the same.
Put hundreds of thousands of people in one place (i.e. ECF) and it is simply a matter of numbers.
Poll a million people at random and have them look at their bank statements, you are going to have a % who find that they got sniped.
Be aware of your cards, be vigilant with your bank accounts, and only bank with institutions who have good identity theft/false charge protection policies.
I don't think this thread shows anything other than the rule of numbers.
Just my
I received notification from my bank as well as a new card when they learned that the mastercard database was hacked. How many others here w/ mastercards were notified?
Unfortunately we live in a time where everybody uses electronic means to buy things, and with that, crooks are also doing the same.
Put hundreds of thousands of people in one place (i.e. ECF) and it is simply a matter of numbers.
Poll a million people at random and have them look at their bank statements, you are going to have a % who find that they got sniped.
Be aware of your cards, be vigilant with your bank accounts, and only bank with institutions who have good identity theft/false charge protection policies.
I don't think this thread shows anything other than the rule of numbers.
Just my
I totally agree with Judge. If you suspect that you have been jacked by a vendor, you need to contact them directly. Fraud is crazy on the Internet and 99.9% of the time, your vendor had nothing to do with it and if it was from buying from his or her website, they have no idea it even happened. Announcing their name here only creates panic with any customers that might read it here.
I had my cc jacked before and I just settled it with ti vendor directly. He fixed his website and gave me some free stuff. The bank cancelled my old card and shipped me a new one. No harm, no foul.
I had my cc jacked before and I just settled it with ti vendor directly. He fixed his website and gave me some free stuff. The bank cancelled my old card and shipped me a new one. No harm, no foul.
I'd be willing to bet that very few of these have anything to do with the vendor, but rather card users having a computer virus, hackers stealing info from databases, etc...
I received notification from my bank as well as a new card when they learned that the mastercard database was hacked. How many others here w/ mastercards were notified?
Unfortunately we live in a time where everybody uses electronic means to buy things, and with that, crooks are also doing the same.
Put hundreds of thousands of people in one place (i.e. ECF) and it is simply a matter of numbers.
Poll a million people at random and have them look at their bank statements, you are going to have a % who find that they got sniped.
Be aware of your cards, be vigilant with your bank accounts, and only bank with institutions who have good identity theft/false charge protection policies.
I don't think this thread shows anything other than the rule of numbers.
Just my
It's not just those with MasterCards, and there are quite a few similarities in attempted fraudulent purchases among the people who filled out the Google form. I understand how you might've come to your conclusion, but I do indeed have access to the data and your conclusion is incorrect. (I don't mean ANY disrespect with that. Remember it's difficult to read peoples' tone on the internet sometimes.
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I do have an update.
I've finished counting the vendors who were named as suspected of being at fault, and there are a couple that stand out with far more occurrences than the others, but of course, we will not be naming them. I am going to contact said vendors and see if they will provide me the names of their credit card processors. If any conclusion can be made, it will be posted.
For right now, please continue to submit responses through the Google form so I can come to a more informed conclusion.
Thanks for all the help so far!
I've finished counting the vendors who were named as suspected of being at fault, and there are a couple that stand out with far more occurrences than the others, but of course, we will not be naming them. I am going to contact said vendors and see if they will provide me the names of their credit card processors. If any conclusion can be made, it will be posted.
For right now, please continue to submit responses through the Google form so I can come to a more informed conclusion.
Thanks for all the help so far!
I just placed an order with a vendor that was a first time order for me a while back. Right after that was when I got hacked. We'll see if the second one triggers anything. They just happened to have the particular cartos in stock that none of my other vendors had in stock at the time. Then again, it could be random or it could be totally different than just the vendor.
I ran full scans with Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials last night right afterwards and I'm clean (as I have been for years). Real time scanning helps make that happen. I get blocked from bad sites in links quite often by MWB. If you can't go there, you can't get hacked. I'm a believer in the registered version of MWB. $24.95 lifetime fee turns on real time protection.
I ran full scans with Malwarebytes and Microsoft Security Essentials last night right afterwards and I'm clean (as I have been for years). Real time scanning helps make that happen. I get blocked from bad sites in links quite often by MWB. If you can't go there, you can't get hacked. I'm a believer in the registered version of MWB. $24.95 lifetime fee turns on real time protection.
it is the vendors that use 3dCart for their shopping cart provider will be found to be the number one similarity. I have already went through this in a post I made last year about some researching I had done.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/lounge/314908-consumers-nightmare.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/lounge/314908-consumers-nightmare.html
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